West Bank on verge of unprecedented chaos, warn Palestinian leaders

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2004

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) — Palestinian leaders have warned the West Bank is on the verge of unprecedented chaos after a string of violent protests and kidnappings over the weekend in the north of the territory.

Prime minister Ahmed Qorei called for a show of national unity to prevent the same kind of chaos seen last month in the Gaza Strip from spreading to the West Bank, where most Palestinians live.

"We, the Palestinian people, must stand united in condemning this chaos in the same manner that we deterred the chaos that took place in Gaza," he said in an interview published in Sunday's Al-Quds daily.

"If this chaos reaches the West Bank, then we will be on the verge of an unprecedented and unacceptable disaster."

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